Comments on: Teaming up with 20×200 and Valerie Hegarty for 1stfans /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » The First Harvest in the Wilderness /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:16:21 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1137 […] Valerie Hegarty’s evocation of Asher B. Durand’s 1855 painting The First Harvest in the Wilderness in her benefit print for the 1stfans program adds another chapter to the painting’s already illustrious history.  Its story begins in 1855, when the Brooklyn Institute—the predecessor to the Brooklyn Museum—commissioned a work from Durand to add to its newly conceived Gallery of Fine Arts.  The money for this painting, as well as the idea for a permanent gallery, came from the late Augustus Graham (1775-1851).  A prominent local businessman and philanthropist, Graham had been actively involved in charitable institutions devoted to the edification of Brooklyn’s citizenry, including the Institute (established 1843) and its forerunner, the Apprentices’ Library Association (founded 1824).  Upon his death in 1851, he bequeathed a large sum to the Brooklyn Institute with the stipulation that a portion of the money be used for the purchase of art by living American artists for the Institute’s picture gallery.  This stipulation was progressive and prescient at a time when few civic institutions had art collections and many patrons viewed American art as inferior to European art. […]

]]> By: Adrian /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:45:29 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1201 Wow, that really had me confused for a moment, I thought that it was really a woodpecker destroying that nice piece of art :)

]]> By: Ash Meer /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:07:20 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1215 I can’t wait to renew on Feb. 6 to get a print! Looks beautiful!

]]> By: Erin /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:32:08 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1214 Sweeeet. You guys, as always, rock. Thanks!

]]> By: Will Cary /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:31:14 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1165 Hi Erin!
“Yes” is the short answer to your question. You, and other far-away 1stfans, will hear from us next week with your options. The one thing you could do, though, is sign up for the 20×200 newsletter and then buy one of the $50 prints when they go on sale. Since each of the $50 and $200 prints come with a year of 1stfans membership, we’d just renew your membership automatically once you bought one of the prints.

-Will

]]> By: Erin /2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:24:33 +0000 /bloggers/2010/01/22/teaming-up-with-20x200-and-valerie-hegarty-for-1stfans/#comment-1163 Amazing – such a great idea! I’m planning on renewing my membership…is there any way a Texan can get in on a print, too?

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